About the Author

Jim Mayes is currently an estimation consultant with BellSouth and is a certified function point specialist. He has more than 26 years of experience in software development and lifecycle management. Over the past five years, he has been directly involved in providing quantitative software project estimation, data analysis, and metrics related to software process improvement and outsourcing initiatives at BellSouth. Mayes can be reached at www.softwareestimator.com; Tel: +1 770 587 4219; E-mail: Jim.Mayes@bridge.bellsouth.com.